House of Bones
Five strangers brave the unknown when they investigate an abandoned housing project said to be haunted. Now they'll discover where evil dwells in this bone-chilling return to a classic tradition in horror novels.
Five strangers brave the unknown when they investigate an abandoned housing project said to be haunted. Now they'll discover where evil dwells in this bone-chilling return to a classic tradition in horror novels.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451210791 (0451210794)
Publish date: December 2nd 2003
Publisher: Signet
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
There is no more tired and overdone trope in the horror genre as the haunted house. I’ve read so many versions of these types of stories that it’s hard to get excited about it. Unfortunately this novel is just one of the many of this sub-genre that fall short. In about the most cliché of all possibl...
Dale Bailey is such a good writer. Even with such a contrived plot the book was a pleasure to read. Basically this is The Haunting of Hill House transferred to the 'hood. Retired millionaire Ramsay Lomax has purchased the soon to be demolished Dreamlands, the vestiges of a 1960s vintage high rise...